Month: June 2003

From my security report:

UZBEKISTAN: Last week, the Uzbek government blocked local access to two foreign Internet sites covering religious developments in Uzbekistan. The US-based site muslimuzbekistan.com purportedly monitors religious persecution, while the website centrasia.ru reports on religious issues and general news in Central Asia. The Uzbek National Security Service has reportedly warned Internet users to avoid objectionable websites and has recommended that companies minimize employee Internet use.

From my security report:

UZBEKISTAN: Last week, the Uzbek government blocked local access to two foreign Internet sites covering religious developments in Uzbekistan. The US-based site muslimuzbekistan.com purportedly monitors religious persecution, while the website centrasia.ru reports on religious issues and general news in Central Asia. The Uzbek National Security Service has reportedly warned Internet users to avoid objectionable websites and has recommended that companies minimize employee Internet use.

To Do Culture vs. To Be Culture An interesting slide on ways to look at cultures. Not sure which category Central Asia falls into. Somewhere in between, I guess, as so often happens with categories.

To Do Culture vs. To Be Culture An interesting slide on ways to look at cultures. Not sure which category Central Asia falls into. Somewhere in between, I guess, as so often happens with categories.

To Do Culture vs. To Be Culture An interesting slide on ways to look at cultures. Not sure which category Central Asia falls into. Somewhere in between, I guess, as so often happens with categories.

The post has nothing to do with Turkmenistan. Are women and providers satisfied with antenatal care? Views on a standard and a simplified, evidence-based model of care in four developing countries New WHO guidelines call for only four pre-natal visits in a normal pregnancy rather than the old model of about ten. The question is, will women and providers accept that? In Argentina, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Thailand they apparently will. The Soviet system called for billons of prenatal visits, so Central Asia will find the transition especially challenging. This study provides some hope that having longer visits and addressing mothers’ concerns helps to make up for dissatisfaction with fewer visits. It also points out what I suspect is the real obstacle everywhere – providers don’t quite trust the fewer visits regimen yet.

The post has nothing to do with Turkmenistan. Are women and providers satisfied with antenatal care? Views on a standard and a simplified, evidence-based model of care in four developing countries New WHO guidelines call for only four pre-natal visits in a normal pregnancy rather than the old model of about ten. The question is, will women and providers accept that? In Argentina, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Thailand they apparently will. The Soviet system called for billons of prenatal visits, so Central Asia will find the transition especially challenging. This study provides some hope that having longer visits and addressing mothers’ concerns helps to make up for dissatisfaction with fewer visits. It also points out what I suspect is the real obstacle everywhere – providers don’t quite trust the fewer visits regimen yet.